The Peabody Room
The Peabody Room is a special collection of Georgetown neighborhood history. It includes subject vertical files, photographs, maps, neighborhood microfilmed newspapers, paintings, engravings and artifacts that document various aspects of Georgetown life. It also features a house history file for nearly every home in Georgetown.
Following a devastating 2007 fire that heavily damaged the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, a newly constructed, climate-controlled third floor (opened October 2010) now houses the Peabody Room. A number of materials were water-damaged during the fire and may not be publicly accessible.
For further information, contact Jerry McCoy at 202-727-0233 or jerry.mccoy@dc.gov.
Following a devastating 2007 fire that heavily damaged the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, a newly constructed, climate-controlled third floor (opened October 2010) now houses the Peabody Room. A number of materials were water-damaged during the fire and may not be publicly accessible.
For further information, contact Jerry McCoy at 202-727-0233 or jerry.mccoy@dc.gov.
Video Introduction
Research Tools
- (11) Davidson Family. Owners and residents of one of Georgetown’s storied landmarks, Evermay.
- (16) Thomas Sidney Jesup Receipts Scrap Book (1818-1826). Approximately 150 receipts are featured. The majority of the receipts are from 1823-24 with many of them having been written by Georgetown merchants.
- (17) Lozano Dry Goods Co., 3101 M Street NW, Fire Court Case (1897-98). Store inventory and legal case records.
- (19) Grace Glasgow Dunlop Ecker Collection (1932-33). Contains 17 of Mrs. (John Beard) Ecker’s “Old Georgetown” columns that were published weekly in the Georgetown News.
- (29) Roswell Woodward Bills of Lading, Georgetown, DC (1831). Three pre-printed and manuscript bills of lading for barrels of flour.
- (32) Burrows Family Papers, Georgetown & Tenleytown (1820-1907). Bills, receipts and correspondence of the Burrows family.
- (35) Index to Account Ledger No. 2, C.[harles] B. Hunter (1894-1896). Rare African-American Owned 19th Century Business Ledger.
- (36) Memoranda Respecting Servants, Washington, D.C. (1833-1847). Servants (slave and free) who worked in an unknown D.C. household 1833-1847.
- (37) Anne Satterthwaite Papers (1968-1986). Files from the Georgetown Waterfront Commission.
- (57) Dr. Arthur A. Snyder Personal Receipts and Georgetown Assembly Collection (1878-1897). Business receipts and records.
- (68) Foxall – McKenney - Cragin – Greenlees – Agnew Family Papers (1804 – 1940). Photos, letters, documents, newspaper clippings, and other genealogical materials.
- (91) Slave Contract Between George Broom and Ignatius Livers (1808). Manuscript of slave contract.
- (95) Mrs. A. T. Brown Photograph Album (1863). Boys who attended Mrs. Brown's school at 3010 O Street in the 1860s and famous officials.
- (100-A) Miscellaneous Scrap Book. Contains ephemera donated by library patrons to the Peabody Room after its opening in October of 1935.
- (102) Grace Bateman Papers (1989-2001). Files assembled by Ms. Bateman while serving as a Georgetown activist.
- (104) The Georgetown Project, Washington, DC (2002-2005). A variety of documents consisting of DDOT memos, faxes, meeting notes, emails, printed PowerPoint presentations, press clipping/releases, web page printouts, and submitted letters from area businesses impacted by the street project.